RAIPUR: A query by the Chhattisgarh chief minister to all collectors apparently left the officials poker-faced and tongue-tied adding strength to the contention on how the funds released under the district mineral foundation (DMF) scheme actually didn’t reach the people affected by various mining activities in the state.

“Tell me what good works in the interests of the affected people were carried out by you under the DMF”, a bit of a poser by CM Bhupesh Baghel to bureaucrats during the collectors’ conference strangely led to the pin-drop silence, with none could muster courage to narrate whether the intended goal were satisfactorily accomplished in their respective district. Read More

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